Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, when applied well, could help in addressing key global challenges and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, these potential benefits will not materialize automatically. The use of AI also carries significant risks, such as disruption to job markets and economies, loss of cultural diversity, new AI-enabled digital weapons that increase misinformation and surveillance, and threats to human rights and democracy. While AI systems could support the achievement of many of the SDGs , they could also impede the achievement of others and increa…
Buenos días a todos y a todas y bienvenidos y bienvenidas a Santiago de Chile y a la CEPAL.
Quisiera en estos breves minutos de bienvenida e introducción a este seminario explicar cómo vemos desde la CEPAL las razones y objetivos por los que les hemos convocado hoy.
Y para esto quisiera comenzar con una corta historia.
En el 2011, en ocasión de una reunión Cumbre de presidentes y jefes de Estado de los países asiáticos, el Banco Asiático de Desarrollo elaboró un documento titulado Asia 2050: Realizando el siglo de Asia. El objetivo del documento fue analizar las tendencias del desarrollo de lo…
Parliamentary representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay, along with more than 30 regional and international experts, gathered today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile for the First Regional Conference of Parliamentary Committees of the Future.
The event, which is taking place through Friday, June 21, is being organized by ECLAC with support from the Senate of the Republic of Chile and the Parliament of Uruguay. Its main objective is to incre…
Representantes parlamentarios de Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Paraguay, República Dominicana y Uruguay, y más de 30 expertos regionales e internacionales, se dieron cita hoy en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, para la Primera Conferencia Regional de las Comisiones de Futuro Parlamentarias.
El evento, que se desarrollará hasta este viernes 21 de junio, es organizado por la CEPAL con el apoyo del Senado de la República de Chile y el Parlamento del Uruguay. Su objetivo principal es aumentar las capacidades de p…
Representantes parlamentares da Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Costa Rica, México, Paraguai, República Dominicana e Uruguai e mais de 30 especialistas regionais e internacionais compareceram hoje na sede da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) em Santiago, Chile, para a Primeira Conferência Regional das Comissões de Futuro Parlamentares.
O evento, que acontecerá até 21 de junho, foi organizado pela CEPAL com apoio do Senado da República do Chile e do Parlamento do Uruguai. Seu objetivo principal é aumentar as capacidades de prospectiva legislativa e governança antec…
Caribbean governments need to proactively harness and adopt artificial intelligence technology in public sector organizations to create public value. Despite its numerous benefits, public sector organizations in the Caribbean are lagging in artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. AI is a disruptive technology that has become increasingly ubiquitous and pervasive in modern societies. Extremely transformative, they have advanced rapidly, and affect virtually every aspect of our existence, including the way we interact with and transact within society. AI has provided many benefits, which were pre…
La concentración territorial de la inversión y los recursos humanos en ciencia y tecnología constituye una arista particular de las desigualdades territoriales existentes en la Argentina. Estas asimetrías han sido objeto de intervención por parte de distintas gestiones y organismos del área de ciencia y tecnología, por medio de la elaboración de planes nacionales y, más recientemente, las agendas de federalización. Destaca la nueva Ley de Financiamiento del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, de 2021, que genera condiciones inéditas para planificar una política de Estado y pr…
In this digitally transforming world, digital inclusion is becoming increasingly important to social inclusion and sustainable development. Affordable access to broadband is an essential precondition to digital inclusion. Internet quality, as measured by speed and other indicators, is also important, as digital inclusion is ultimately about ensuring equal access to the benefits and opportunities offered by digital technologies and the Internet. This policy brief provides insight into Internet speed and affordability across the Caribbean, and offers some recommendations for policymakers working…
In Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS), electrical power outages are frequent in the aftermath of major weather events. While local service disruptions often last a few days after these events, nationwide power grid failures lasting several weeks, or months have resulted in enormous social and economic impacts. In 2017, Hurricane Maria left 90 per cent of the population of Dominica without access to electricity for over four months (Commonwealth of Dominica, 2020) and caused a systemwide collapse of Puerto Rico's power grid that took 11 months to be entirely restored (Campbell…
Autoridades instaron hoy a impulsar el desarrollo territorial integral para poner fin a las asimetrías históricas y estructurales que afectan tanto a la Argentina como al resto de los países de América Latina y el Caribe y que dan lugar a múltiples brechas de desarrollo, durante la inauguración del Día Nacional, una actividad preparatoria al trigésimo noveno periodo de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), que se celebrará del 24 al 26 de octubre en Buenos Aires, Argentina.
El Día Nacional, inaugurado en el Palacio San Martín de Buenos Aires, fue inaugurado…
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Argentine economist Mario Cimoli, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to serve as the institution’s Acting Executive Secretary starting on April 1, 2022 and until further notice.
Mario Cimoli will replace Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena, who concluded her mandate on March 31, after nearly 14 years at the helm of this UN regional commission.
Cimoli, a PhD from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and Full Professor of Political Economy at the Ca' Fos…